Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureFractures And Faults
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration In Franciscan Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1941 - 1954, 1956 - 1958
Identification
Deposit ID10040924
MRDS IDM055814
Alternate namesChiquita, Rita, Santa Rita
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.35551, -120.58265
References
ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511USBM DATA